Antiquaries and antiquarians

Frances Emily (née Stewart), Marchioness of Ailsa

died 1949
Fellow, Society of Antiquaries of Scotland; wife of 4th Marquess of Ailsa; daughter of Sir Mark John MacTaggart Stewart, 1st Bt
Sitter in 1 portrait

George Allan

1736-1800
Antiquary and topographer
Sitter in 2 portraits

Thomas Allen

1540?-1632
Mathematician and antiquary
Sitter in 1 portrait

Joseph Ames

1689-1759
Antiquary
Sitter in 3 portraits

Francis Vyvyan Jago Arundell

1780-1846
Traveller and antiquary
Sitter in 1 portrait

Elias Ashmole

1617-1692
Antiquary
Sitter in 6 portraits

Thomas Astle

1735-1803
Keeper of the Records, antiquary and palaeographer
Sitter in 2 portraits

John Aubrey

1626-1697
Antiquary
Sitter in 3 portraits

Francis Joseph Baigent

circa 1831-1918
Antiquarian; witness in the trial of the Tichborne Claimant
Sitter in 2 portraits

Thomas Baker

1656-1740
Scholar and antiquary
Sitter in 2 portraits

Edward Henry Harold Ward, 7th Viscount Bangor

1905-1993
Journalist and Antique dealer
Sitter in 5 portraits

William John Bankes

1786-1855
Traveller, egyptologist, antiquary and politician; MP for Truro, University of Cambridge, Marlborough and Dorset
Sitter in 2 portraits

Joshua Barnes

1654-1712
Greek scholar and antiquary
Sitter in 3 portraits

Daines Barrington

1727-1800
Lawyer, antiquary and naturalist
Sitter in 4 portraits

(Arthur) Oswald Barron

1868-1939
Author and antiquary
Sitter in 9 portraits

Thomas Bateman

1821-1861
Archaeologist and antiquary
Sitter in 1 portrait

William Baxter

1650-1723
Classicist and antiquary
Sitter in 1 portrait

William Kirkpatrick Riland Bedford

1826-1905
Antiquary and genealogist
Sitter in 1 portrait

Geoffrey Bennison

1921-1984
Antiques dealer and interior decorator
Sitter in 1 portrait

William George Black

1857-1932
Lawyer, antiquarian and writer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Robert Willis Blencowe

1792-1874
Antiquary
Sitter in 3 portraits

Edward Blore

1787-1879
Architect and antiquary
Sitter in 1 portrait | Artist associated with 5 portraits

Sir John Peter Boileau, 1st Bt

1794-1869
Antiquary
Sitter in 1 portrait

Beriah Botfield

1807-1863
Antiquary, industrialist and politician
Sitter in 1 portrait

William Lisle Bowles

1762-1850
Poet, canon of Salisbury and antiquary
Sitter in 3 portraits

William Bray

1735 or 1736-1832
Antiquary
Sitter in 2 portraits

Sir (John) Frederick Bridge

1844-1924
Organist, composer and musical antiquary
Sitter in 9 portraits

John Britton

1771-1857
Antiquary and topographer
Sitter in 3 portraits | Artist associated with 6 portraits

David Steuart Erskine, 11th Earl of Buchan

1742-1829
Antiquary and scientific writer
Sitter in 3 portraits | Artist associated with 1 portrait

Edward Bunting

1773-1843
Musician and antiquary
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir William Burrell, 2nd Bt

1732-1796
Antiquary
Sitter in 2 portraits

William Burton

1575-1645
Antiquary; author of 'A Description of Leicestershire'
Sitter in 3 portraits

William Burton

1609-1657
Schoolmaster and antiquary
Sitter in 2 portraits

Richard Butcher

1586 or 1587-1664
Antiquary and lawyer
Sitter in 2 portraits

James Byres

1733-1817
Virtuoso, Scottish antiquary and dealer
Sitter in 1 portrait

John Caley

circa 1760-1834
Antiquary
Sitter in 1 portrait

William Camden

1551-1623
Antiquary and historian
Sitter associated with 25 portraits

Nicholas Carlisle

1771-1847
Antiquary
Sitter in 1 portrait

Francis Carter

1741-1783
Traveller and antiquary
Sitter in 2 portraits

John Waynflete Carter

1905-1975
Bibliographer and antiquarian bookseller
Sitter in 1 portrait

George Chalmers

1742-1825
Scottish antiquary
Sitter in 2 portraits | Artist associated with 1 portrait

Sir Henry Chauncy

1632-1719
Lawyer and antiquary
Sitter in 2 portraits

Nathaniel Chauncy

1717-1790
Antiquary and virtuoso
Sitter in 1 portrait

John Willis Clark

1833-1910
Academic and antiquarian
Sitter in 1 portrait

Peter Coke

1913-2008
Actor, writer and artist
Sitter in 1 portrait

Henry Hare, 2nd Baron Coleraine

1636-1708
Antiquary, architect and author
Sitter in 8 portraits | Artist associated with 2 portraits

Peter Collinson

1694-1768
Naturalist and antiquary
Sitter associated with 1 portrait

Sir Robert Bruce Cotton, 1st Bt

1571-1631
Antiquary
Sitter associated with 13 portraits

Hungerford Crewe, 3rd Baron Crewe

1812-1894
Landowner and antiquarian
Sitter in 2 portraits

Thomas Crofton Croker

1798-1854
Irish antiquary
Sitter in 3 portraits

William Hayman Cummings

1831-1915
Singer and musical antiquary; Principal of the Guildhall School of Music
Sitter in 4 portraits

Peter Cunningham

1816-1869
Antiquary
Sitter in 1 portrait

William Cunnington

1754-1810
Antiquary
Sitter in 1 portrait

John Edwin Cussans

1837-1899
Antiquary and author
Sitter in 3 portraits

John Dart

died 1730
Antiquary
Sitter in 3 portraits

John Davidson

circa 1724-1797
Antiquary and lawyer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir William Boyd Dawkins

1837-1929
Geologist, palaeontologist and antiquary
Sitter in 3 portraits

Sir Edward Dering, 1st Bt

1598-1644
Antiquary and politician
Sitter in 12 portraits

Harold Lee-Dillon, 17th Viscount Dillon

1844-1932
Antiquary; Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery
Sitter in 19 portraits | Artist associated with 1 portrait

Francis Douce

1757-1834
Antiquary
Sitter in 2 portraits